Friday April 27, 2012
This week, the Supreme Court heard arguments on an issue that impacts all Americans – and the very notion of what an American is. Nine people are charged with deciding what’s more important: ascertaining an individual’s citizenship status or preserving America’s identity as a country whose immigrants have made it the greatest nation in the world. Read More »
Wednesday April 25, 2012
This Saturday, Paterson, New Jersey will be introduced to a new side of its Arab American community. April is Arab Heritage Month in New Jersey, and on April 28th, the first Annual South Paterson Arab Cultural Street Festival will take over Michigan Avenue with music, food, and dancing from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Read More »
Friday April 20, 2012
On April 18, more than 500 Arab Americans from across the country gathered at the Renaissance Hotel for the 2012 Kahlil Gibran “Spirit of Humanity” Awards Gala, hosted by the Arab American Institute Foundation (AAIF). At a time of unprecedented challenges, the Gibran Awards brought the Arab American community together to honor leaders in fostering greater understanding and promoting the common good. Read More »
Friday April 20, 2012
By Danielle Malaty
On Thursday, April 19th, the Arab American Institute (AAI), in cooperation with the National Network of Arab American Communities (NNAAC), hosted over 100 Arab American leaders representing over 20 states across the country for Arab American Leadership Day in Washington DC. The day included a White House Leadership Briefing at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, followed by a Capitol Hill Meet and Greet Lunch with members of Congress at the House Visitor Center. Read More »
Wednesday April 18, 2012
AAIF's Gibran Gala Honors Southern Poverty Law Center, "The Muslims Are Coming!" Comedy Tour, and pays tribute special tribute to the life and work of Anthony Shadid Read More »
Wednesday April 18, 2012
On Sunday, April 22nd, the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS), the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service Georgetown University, and the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) are holding a commemorative evening to honor the late Dr. Hala Salaam Maksoud. Read More »
Friday April 13, 2012
In case you missed it, check out the video below for our hill briefing on the current situation of religious minorities in the Middle East. Read More »
Thursday April 12, 2012
By Dalal Hillou
More than 8,000 Arab Americans live in Montgomery County, Maryland. In 1999, Montgomery County Executive Doug Duncan first declared April to be "Arab-American Heritage Month." Read More »
Thursday April 12, 2012
By Danielle Malaty
When The Spiritual Life Center, a Sacramento Christian church, found itself without a venue to hold its Easter Sunday services this past weekend, the church's Reverend Michael Moran came up with what many may call an unconventional solution. He sought the help of a local mosque. Read More »
Friday April 06, 2012
On Monday evening, PitaPolicy and the DC Chapter of the Network of Arab American Professionals (NAAP-DC) will host the second installment of their Media on MENA series. Read More »
Wednesday April 04, 2012
By Dalal Hillou
Laura Hammad, a Palestinian-American lawyer who is working with the Florida Young Democrats, is representing the Arab American community and fighting back against stereotypes and bigotry. Read More »
Tuesday April 03, 2012
Last week, the Arab American Institute (AAI), along with J Street and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, hosted a Capitol Hill Briefing on the Arab Peace Initiative (API) 10 Years Later. Speakers included AAI President Jim Zogby, J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami, New York Times columnist Tom Friedman, Carnegie’s Marwan Muasher, and Yitzhak Rabin’s son Yuval Rabin. Read More »
Thursday March 29, 2012
As part of its Emerging Leaders Program, the Arab American Institute (AAI) hosted an event last night with Al Jazeera's Rami Khater, Senior New Media Producer for The Stream, as well as veteran journalist Jeffery Ghannam. Read More »
Wednesday March 07, 2012
With exception of Ron Paul, the GOP presidential candidates all spoke at the AIPAC policy conference yesterday. All of the three candidates delivered a similar message on Iran, taking the opportunity to hit out at president Obama's policies. Iran's nuclear program was the clear focus of the conference, overshadowing any other issue, including the peace process, by far. Despite similar messaging on Iran, the candidate speeches each have their own unique takeaways. I've outlined the ones I thought were the most important in this post. Read More »
Wednesday March 07, 2012
President Obama is in a tough spot. On the one hand, he wants to bring about a peace agreement between Israelis and Palestinians (which requires pressuring Israel), as well as avoid a catastrophic war with Iran (which requires pushing back on AIPAC’s drum beat). On the other hand, he needs to make the Israel lobby happy with him in the lead up to the election. Read More »
Tuesday March 06, 2012
By Jeffrey Wright
Overall, Netanyahu’s speech sounded like that of a man eager for confrontation. Read More »
Monday March 05, 2012
You know there is something wrong when a lawmaker, who is commonly praised for his unwavering commitment to uphold Constitutional values, is also labeled the most “contrarian” member of his political party. Representative Justin Amash, a Republican from Michigan, is a Member of Congress that has a tendency to vote out of sync with his party more than most other Republican Members. Amash is not a secret Democrat or a moderate – far from it. Read More »
Monday March 05, 2012
By George Doumar
Arab American Republican George Doumar weighs in on the Republican nomination contest in Virginia and beyond. Read More »
Monday March 05, 2012
Michael Akrouche
Arab American Republican Michael Akrouche weighs in on the Republican nomination contest in Ohio.
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Friday March 02, 2012
This weekend will be a special one for Washington, DC, as the powerful American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is about to host its largest annual policy conference here. In the spirit of “Occupy Wall Street,” hundreds of activists will be gathering in DC this weekend to Occupy AIPAC. Read More »
#NC lawmaker equates Islamic prayer w/ terror http://t.co/G9sp1NeLC1 @mostrolenk @aaiusa h/t @ozzyformayor
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Latest poll to be released Friday finds Americans are divided on continuing aid to #Egypt: http://t.co/1spZM1m9d2
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RT @MaiE_89: In the 1990’s, #Egypt had a 60% favorable rating among Americans, while today only 36% of US views the country positively via @AAIUSA
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Looking at Iran by James Zogby
Kahlil Gibran Awards Gala - April 16, 2013President Obama got it just about perfect in his Jerusalem speech when he urged Israelis to see the world through the eyes of Palestinians. That portion of his remarks was so compelling it deserves to be quoted in full: Read More »
Air Date: 5/31/2012
Fellows from Syracuse University’s “Leaders for Democracy Fellowship Program (LDF); Bill Press, Host of the “Bill Press Show” and author of the new book, The Obama Hate Machine: The Lies, Distortions, and Personal Attacks on the President---and Who Is Behind Them. Read More »
The story of Arab Americans coming of age as an organized community is a classic American tale of immigrants seeking opportunity, benefiting from America’s freedoms, but also experiencing, at times, the dark side of exclusion and discrimination that has so often been a part of our nation’s history. Read More »
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